[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.s21.285 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.285 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.285 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s21.285](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.285) ¹⁰¹ ‘They own neither themselves nor an inheritance’ (nātmanaś caneśate na dāyasya), says the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, iv. 4, 2, 13. \*Cf.\* Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā, iv. 6, 4; Taittirīya Saṃhitā, vi. 5, 8, 2; Nirukta, iii. 4 \*Cf.\* for the Epic, Hopkins, \*Journal of the American Oriental Society\*, 13, 368. For compulsory obedience of the wife, \*cf.\* Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, vi. 4. 7. In the same Upaniṣad Yājñavalkya, on retiring from the ordinary life, divides his goods between his two wives. - [Previous: v1.c3.s21.284](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.284) - [Next: v1.c3.s21.286](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.286) - [Up: v1.c3.s21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21) ## Linked texts (5) - [Taittirīyasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya.6.5.8.2) — Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*maitrayani.4.6.4) — Sanskrit - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.4) — Yāska, Sanskrit - [Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.brhadaranyaka.6.4.7) — Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.4.2.13) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.285](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.285) · Pramāṇa